CANADA MIGRATION: GOOD OR BAD OR OPTIMISTIC OR PESSIMISTIC VIEW
Thousands of educated professionals around the world are immigrating to Canada every year. It is good to present the two sides of the story - good or bad- about this immigration. Just sharing some info, if you have any URL/details about challenges faced by new immigrants, please share.
http://www.thinkingofcanada.com/thinkbeforeaction.html writes:
"Now in 21st century, thousands of educated professionals around the world are thinking about immigration to Canada. They do not have a complete picture of what they are going to face in Canada. Most of the educated professional immigrants are doing odd jobs in Canada and it is not because they are making good money in these jobs but because mostly Canadian employers do not consider them for any job related to their education and experience.
Now the question is why?
If we list reasons, they may be given as follows;
1: Lack of trust: New immigrants do not have Canadian work references, which is a necessity for getting a job in Canada. Officially work reference means some one who can tell about your skills, your behavior, and your character, etc.
2: In job workshops; they tell job seekers that 85% job market in Canada is hidden. Hidden Job Market means; jobs offered without advertisement and only employers, managers, supervisors and some of employees of the organization know about them.
3: Difficulty in communication.
4: They need you for jobs; Canadian do not want to do.
5: They are reluctant to change their workplace environment.
6: Some of employers suppose that the quality of work of Canadians is always batter than others.
7: Canadian employers need to oblige people in their social circle.
8: Once Prime Minister Harper was asked by the interviewer of a multicultural channel that why he has not abolished the Right of Landing Fee (instead of reducing it to 50%)? He abruptly responded ( without thinking ): "It is so many million dollars". This means that millions of dollars prevail on minds of policy maker.
9: Employers and Canadian Immigration Department have no coordination in making the immigration policy. Canadian immigration policy is obsolete. It does not reflect the actual needs of labor market. Regarding immigration one of the minister of Ontario Government once said, "No more academics needed." Immigration policy needs complete revision keeping in view the wisdom and skills, and not the money in pocket of people landing on international airports of Canada.
10: Mostly Canadian employers, managers and supervisors are not trained for utilizing multicultural workforce.
What ever the reasons are, we have no control on them. We can only adjust ourselves according to prevailing conditions in job market of Canada.
Most of the new professional immigrants start with general labor (mostly through Employment Agencies) for survival. If you do not have a very good physique, please do not write more than 25 pounds of weight you can carry as workplace deaths and injuries record is not very impressive in Canada. Do not try to visualize the situation of Canadian job market from jobs posted on internet...."
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